Earlier, the court had sough replies from the respondents but no reply was submitted so far. Now the court again directed them to file their replies within two weeks.

The petition was filed by Mian Aslam, owner of a CNG station in Faisalabad, who through his counsel Kh. Saeed-uz-Zafar contended that according to agreements signed between CNG stations and the Government load shedding of the gas  could only be carried out in winter season.

Counsel, however, pointed out that the agreement possessed by the petitioner bound the government to supply gas to the petitioner for whole year without any interruption.